"Creating more of an intimate experience for each of the different courses," he said. "Obviously it's a big stadium. There's a lot of different courses and competitions happening. So we want to provide great views of each one of those."

The X Games are just part of a busy weekend downtown.

With the Luke Bryan concert at Target Field, Minneapolis Aquatennial and the X Games all going on at the same time, getting around town might be tricky.

Adding to some of the construction already happening around downtown, the city closed some roads for the X Games including Chicago Avenue from Sixth Street to Fourth Street, and Fourth Street from Park Avenue to U.S. Bank Stadium.

"There's some street closures but nothing too crazy," McGuinness said. "It will be pretty manageable for anyone that still wants to come out."

Organizers plan to monitor the weather to see if they need to make any other changes to outdoor events scheduled Thursday.